Ehire Adrianza, right, works out with Brandon Crawford at Giants spring training. Adrianza is a prospect to watch this spring.

Now that Sergio Romo is under contract (2 years, $9 million), it’s time to get back on the field. Pitchers and catchers report to Scottsdale, Ariz. on Monday.

And for the first time in a long time, there is likely not to be a lot of drama around this year’s camp, with 22 of the 25 spots on the opening day roster basically already spoken for.

Barring any injuries or surprises, the Giants already know their opening day lineup:

CF Angel Pagan

2B Marco Scutaro

3B Pablo Sandoval

C Buster Posey

RF Hunter Pence

1B Brandon Belt

LF Gregor Blanco (Andres Torres vs. LHP)

SS Brandon Crawford

And they know their starting rotation

RH Matt Cain

LH Madison Bumgarner

RH Ryan Vogelsong

RH Tim Lincecum

LH Barry Zito

Six of their seven bullpen spots

RH Sergio Romo

RH Santiago Casilla

RH George Kontos

LH Jeremy Affeldt

LH Javier Lopez

LH Jose Mijares

And three of the five bench spots.

C Hector Sanchez

IF Joaquin Arias

OF Andres Torres

So that basically leaves one bullpen spot and two bench spots open. The leading contenders for the bullpen spot are Jean Machi, Dan Otero, Dan Runzler, Ramon Ramirez, Chad Gaudin and Scott Proctor. And the leading contenders for the bench spots are Tony Abreu, Nick Noonan, Kensuke Tanaka, Brett Pill, Francisco Peguero and Roger Kieschnick.

The only other drama will come from the Giants sending nine players who are expected to be on their 25-man roster to the World Baseball Classic, including six pitchers and five of the seven relievers who are expected to comprise the bullpen.

That’s why the Giants have invited so many pitchers to camp this year.

Here’s who will be in camp this spring (WBC participants marked with *).

Giants reliever Sergio Romo is one of eight players who will be eligible for arbitration this offseason

So there I was, working on a blog post about how the Giants needed to clean up one piece of off-season business and get Sergio Romo signed.

And then came news Wednesday that the reliever agreed to a two-year deal with the Giants. Terms were not disclosed.

Romo was the last of the Giants’ arbitration-eligible player to not agree to a 2013 contract. And we were about to guess at possible explanations for that.

One possible explanation was that Romo and the Giants were working on a long-term deal, and they were close. If they had been far apart, they would have just agreed on a one-year deal and attack a longer deal later on.

Generally a team would like to buy out some free agent years. But this would appear to be a good deal for the Giants. Romo was a second-year arbitration eligible player. A two-year deal buys out Romo’s last year of the arbitration process. He would be a free agent after the 2014 season.

But he’s not exactly a spring chicken. He will open the 2013 season at 30 years old (his birthday is March 4). So this deal will give the Giants time to access Romo’s durability, particularly in the closer role which he figures to fill in the 2013 season.

Romo asked for $4.5 million in arbitration this year. The Giants countered with $2.675 million. If we had to guess the dollar amount of this deal, we would guess at about $8 million or $9 million. Romo would need some motivation to give up his final year of arbitration, in which his salary could have jumped above $5 million.

Romo started 2012 as an eighth-inning set-up man, and continued into that role into July, when injuries and Romo’s success prompted manager Bruce Bochy to go to Romo in the closer role down the stretch and into the postseason.

Romo was 4-2 with 1.79 ERA in 55.1 innings last year. He’s had a K-rate at 10.0 and above each of the past four seasons, and a WHIP under 1.00 each of the past three seasons.

He recorded four saves in four opportunities in the postseason, including the final three games of the World Series. He allowed only one run in 10.2 innings in the postseason.

OK, we’ve moved on from the Super Bowl (sort of), and ready to get MoreSplashHits geared up again as the 2013 season approaches.

During the offseason prior to the 2012 season, the Giants traded OF Andres Torres and RP Ramon Ramirez to the Mets for OF Angel Pagan, who proved to be a pivotal player in the Giants’ World Championship run.

This offseason began with the Giants re-signing Pagan to a four-year deal.

Then the Giants re-signed Torres.

On Tuesday, the Giants signed Ramirez to a minor league deal.

Both Torres and Ramirez had so-so seasons with the Mets that were marred by injuries.

Torres hit .230 with 3 HR, 35 RBI, 47 runs and 13 SBs in 132 games for the Mets in 2012. Those numbers were only slightly better than his dismal 2011 numbers for the Giants of .221, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 50 runs and 19 SBs in 112 games.

Torres suffered a calf injury during spring training last year and aggravated it early in the season. The injury sidelined him for most of the first half of the season. The Giants hope Torres’ better numbers as RH batter vs. LH pitching (.286 vs. .195 as LH batter vs. RH pitching) will make him a good platoon option to LH hitting Gregor Blanco.

Ramirez posted a 0.67 ERA in 25 games after being acquired in a trade with the Red Sox in 2010 for the Giants. He followed that up with a career-best 2.62 ERA in 2011. Last season for the Mets, he was 3-4 with 4.24 ERA. Hampered by a midseason hamstring injury, Ramirez posted career highs in WHIP (1.461) ballooned by a career-high walk rate of 4.9.

Ramirez will be battling for the final spot in the Giants bullpen along with Chad Gaudin, Scott Proctor among a bevy of pitchers who will see a lot of action during spring training because a major chunk of the bullpen will be participating in the World Baseball Classic.

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